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Can only speak for England but football has a massive cultural footprint here although mainly through newspapers and a general media awareness. There's actually not much of it on regular tv though. For anything but big tournament matches you need a sky satellite package.
Its main competition is rugby, cricket and formula 1 which are all popular but still miles behind football. I know basketball's v popular in France and Greece and Spain but I don't think it's really taken off here in the same way - at a professional level anyway. I don't think there are any household names in rugby or cricket right now but I'd be surprised if anyone here (as in England) wouldn't know who Wayne Rooney is or, in the case of F1 (which is actually my fave sport of all), Lewis Hamilton - even if they've never actually watched them.
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